In addition to sharing information between our students, our projects encourage collaboration between students and their teachers. FInd below links to activities we have attempted between our schools with some comments on the effectiveness of the resulting collaboration. Feel free to add your own comments.
Excellent
Students were required to compare the photos from the other country to determine if we see the same phase of the moon on the same calendar day/night. Students were required to get the information from the other country to complete the task. How can we structure the question to require higher order thinking in the task?
Fasinating result!
Direct communication between the students and teachers. Schools post questions to the other school eg do you have a school uniform? and then wait for the reply. Excellent community building activity.
Another excellent activity. We need to create a task that askes students to compare our homes and then perhaps create a home using materials from the other country
Excellent. Students were required to find data from other schools to complete the task.
Students are required to compare prices from all countries to determine where the food items can be purchased cheapest to purchase their food items and create a shopping list. This required some currency conversions to enable students to compare the prices. How can we scaffold the question to require higher order thinking to complete the task?
Students are required to read the description from another school to attempt to recreate the other student's spud. It was technically a little difficult because the scary spuds website does not have the facility to save the image. Students looked forward to seeing their spud recreated.
Students add to the heading the things they like eg TV shows, movies, food and books. Students can look for children who enjoy the same things, find good movies and songs they might like to listen to.
Students put up terminology that may be unique to their country or area and the other country is required to add what they call that same item. eg jumper/sweater, mob/flock, slater beetle/rollypolly. Photos can be useful in this activity!
One of the best ways to find good books to read is to find out what other people your age have enjoyed.
This activity is a place to share good books the students have read, with others. Students can look at what books students in other countries enjoy reading.
Students type their story on their page, the partner group from the other school illustrates the story and uploads the finished product to the page for them. Variation could be to dramatise the story and video it, create a digital story in photostory or voice thread.
In addition to sharing information between our students, our projects encourage collaboration between students and their teachers. FInd below links to activities we have attempted between our schools with some comments on the effectiveness of the resulting collaboration. Feel free to add your own comments.
Activity
Evaluation
Students were required to compare the photos from the other country to determine if we see the same phase of the moon on the same calendar day/night. Students were required to get the information from the other country to complete the task. How can we structure the question to require higher order thinking in the task?
Fasinating result!
Students are required to compare prices from all countries to determine where the food items can be purchased cheapest to purchase their food items and create a shopping list. This required some currency conversions to enable students to compare the prices. How can we scaffold the question to require higher order thinking to complete the task?
This activity is a place to share good books the students have read, with others. Students can look at what books students in other countries enjoy reading.